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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant thinks about his colleague as being one of the first to have cast aside what object?
(a) His necktie.
(b) His dignity.
(c) His wedding ring.
(d) His Bible.

2. Grant had accepted Fiona's proposal of marriage because she had possessed "the spark of" (276) what?
(a) Youth.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Life.
(d) Passion.

3. Which group or individual is NOT named among the people who had "pushed him" out of his habits of infidelity "just in time" (287)?
(a) Feminists.
(b) Fiona's parents.
(c) His suicidal former lover.
(d) His friends.

4. What activity do Fiona and Grant both recall during the drive to Meadowlake the day Fiona moves in?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Cross-country skiing.
(c) Sunbathing.
(d) Swimming.

5. What advice does Kristy offer to Grant at the end of his first visit to see Fiona at Meadowlake?
(a) Keep calm and love on.
(b) Visit only once per week.
(c) Take it day by day.
(d) Bring photographs to visits.

6. What two adjectives does Grant use to describe the home in which Fiona had lived with her parents during college?
(a) Austere and tranquil.
(b) Small and cozy.
(c) Luxurious and disorderly.
(d) Large and spacious.

7. When Grant is nearly ready to take Fiona to Meadowlake, she compares it to living at what type of location?
(a) A library.
(b) A train station.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A post office.

8. How old is Fiona at the time she goes to live at Meadowlake?
(a) 78.
(b) 63.
(c) 81.
(d) 70.

9. What country is NOT named as one to which Fiona and Grant had traveled during one of their winters after retirement?
(a) Costa Rica.
(b) Australia.
(c) Spain.
(d) Greece.

10. A supervisor at Meadowlake tells Grant that the patients on which floor have separate rules than the patients on Fiona's floor?
(a) The fourth.
(b) The first.
(c) The third.
(d) The second.

11. Who locates Fiona after her sudden disappearance from a particular location?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A bank teller.
(d) A firefighter.

12. Kristy asks Grant whether he is happy to see that Fiona is taking what action?
(a) Adjusting.
(b) Making friends.
(c) Participating.
(d) Chatting.

13. What kind of beverage does Fiona offer to Grant when he visits her for the first time at Meadowlake?
(a) Tea.
(b) Milk.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Coffee.

14. On what type of property had Fiona's father grown up?
(a) A horse ranch.
(b) A swamp.
(c) A farm.
(d) A nature reserve.

15. Who first tells Grant that the name of the man sitting next to Fiona is Aubrey?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Kristy.
(c) Aubrey.
(d) An unnamed staff member.

Short Answer Questions

1. With how many "minutes of physical sweetness" (284) had Fiona and Grant always ended their days?

2. Fiona retires from her position as a coordinator of volunteers at what type of establishment?

3. Of what scent does the newer Meadowlark building into which Fiona moves smell?

4. What objects does Fiona name as a means of "always taking you somewhere" (277)?

5. Grant recalls "bare female toes creeping under" his "pants leg" (287) at what kind of party?

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